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Multiferroics

Multiferroics, materials that simultaneously show ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, have recently seen a significant revival based on the discovery of new compounds with a strong multiferroic coupling. In this focus issue of Nature Materials we review the intriguing fundamental physics governing multiferroics as well as - important for applications - recent progress in the growth of multiferroic thin films.

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Editorial

The best is yet to come p1

doi:10.1038/nmat1811


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News and views

Ferroelectric thin-films: The emancipation of ferroelectricity pp8 - 9

Paul Muralt

doi:10.1038/nmat1797


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Reviews

Multiferroics: a magnetic twist for ferroelectricity pp13 - 20

Sang-Wook Cheong & Maxim Mostovoy

doi:10.1038/nmat1804



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Article

Unit-cell scale mapping of ferroelectricity and tetragonality in epitaxial ultrathin ferroelectric films pp64 - 69

Chun-lin Jia, Valanoor Nagarajan, Jia-qing He, Lothar Houben, Tong Zhao, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Knut Urban & Rainer Waser

doi:10.1038/nmat1808


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